recently read that the republican party had of gay candidate filed petition papers for the presidential nomination. i was wondering if c-span was willing to give that fella his ample air time here. host: guest:did you watch the conference today? whether any standouts and the conference today? caller: host:no. i was most interested and seeing kager or kagan. i was hoping he would of been invited to this conservative conference. but, obviously, he is not going to be on. host: you can watch all of today's sessions and speakers on line on the c-span video library. we will also be taking a look back at some of the highlights from the conservative principles conference, and that will be

coming up tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. now we take a look at some of this morning's session of the conference starting with iowa congressman steve king. [applause] my congressman, steve king. >> thank you very much. good morning. this is a great way to start a conference. anyone who woke up half asleep is more like i did is wi awake and ready to go. i what is wide awake and ready to go. we will launch this caucus season so we can stand on these proposed and hopefully the principles we and body will be those embodied by one or more -- that we embody will be embodied

by one or more of the presidential candidates. you as an activist iowans have more to say about the agenda and the planks in the platform and who the next president of the united states will be. it is an extraordinary responsibility. it is a privilege and a blessing. you step up to it with great enthusiasm. i know the basis of knowledge ny of you bring into this role. i know howeriously you take this. to start this o this morning i was just sitting in and thinking how do i best describe what is that makes america great and the constitutional conservative principles that i believe need to be embodied

in the next president of the united states. i went back to 1997 when i was a freshman in the unid states senate. i would read everything. it took me three years for me to figure out i did not need to read all of that. i also thought i should read the code of iowa. i came to the education chapter in the code of iowa. i was reading through there and it said, each child in iowa shall receive a global, not- sexist, lti-cultural education. -- non-sexist multicultural education. that means all of the schools in the state would have acto teach multiculturalism. i have never been a fan of any of those things.

[applause] i took out a bill draft request form to write a bill to strike all of that language out of there. i would get that drafted and get it filed. i thought, if i just strike the language out that calls for the global non-sexist multiculturalism. but i thought people would think i did not believe in evething. i wrote a bill to replace it. strike u the language about global non-sexist multiculturalism. each child would be taught bad the united states is -- would be taught that the united states is the greatest nation in the world

based on free enterprise capitalism. [applause] i remember i was green and i leave -- and naive. i introduced the bill and you just drop it in the clerk's box and it would work its way through the system. the next morning, ient inside the house chaers and every democrat had their lights on. they wanted to talk, everyone of them. i am sitting there this innocent baby. they would get up and said, speaking introduce this bill. the audacity to say that the united states is the u.n. challenged greatest nation in the world. he wants to get rid of multiculturalism. th took turns beating on me.

i am sitting there thinking, what is this hyperventilation about? aren't these things true? i will go further. i believe god guided our founding fathers. he moved them around like men on a chess board to ship this nation. we need to defend and uphold what they did. it is not just to protect what we had. it is not just to declared that the shining cy on the hill has been achieved. it has not. when and if it is, ronald reagan never said you can go home. he said we need to take ourselves to another level. we need to take this nation up to the next level of our destiny. i am hopeful that the next president of the united states, whose ideas and principles you help forge it today, will lay out an agenda and you can spe the plant and the platform for

the next president of the united states, whose ticket will be punched out of i will and will be on his way to new hampshire. i hope we can link what we believe in on the whole spectrum of the seventh of ideas and but another ticket out of new hampshire now to south carolina and launched that president to the white house so that barack obama is a o-term president. [applause] in the process i want to do this. if you are going to have a victory, you have to imagine that victory in your mind's eye. i have laid out a strategy for the repeal of obamacare. here is the balance of this strategy. we pass the repeal in the house. we need to continue to put the pressure on theenate. we need to shut off the funding

to implement obamacare off $5.50 billion in automatic spending has to be shut off. we have to elt a president who will pledge to sign the repeal of obamacare. the next president of the united states will be sworn in on a january 20, 2013 in the the west of the capital. when he or she stands there and take that oath of office, i would like to have at present is a with pen in hand. [laughter] [applause] really like it when you get the pipeline before i geto it. i want him to say, so help me god. and before he shakes hands with chief justice roberts, i want him to sign the repeal of obamacare write there. welcome to the conference. i am looking forward to this

day. i would be just as happy sitting in these seats soaking up the message comi from the candidates. the panelists we have our full spectrum conceptus. they are constitutional conservatives, as are you. the-they are full spectrum conservatism's. -- >> on monday, president obama addresses of the country on libya. today he gave a preview. then virginia governor bob mcdonnell delivers the republican address and discusses the impact of the federal health care law on states one year after it was signed into law. >> last week, when i ordered our armed forces to help protect the libyan people from the

brutality of muammar gaddafi, i pledged to keep the american people fully informed. since then, i've spoken about the limited scope and specific purpose of this mission. today, i can report that thanks to our brave men and women in uniform, we've made important progress. as commander in chief, i face no greater decision than sending our military men and women into harm's way. and the united states should notand cannotintervene every time there's a crisis somewhere in the world. but i firmly believe that when innocent people are being brutalized, when someone like gaddafi threatens a bloodbath that could destabilize an entire region; and when the international community is prepared to come together to save many thousands of livesthen -- then it's in our national interest to act. and it's our responsibility. this is one of those times. our military mission in libya is clear and focused. along with our allies and partners, we're enforcing the mandate of the united nations security council. we're protecting the libyan people

from gaddafi's forces. and we've put in place a no fly zone and other measures to prevent further atrocities. we're succeeding in our mission. we've taken out libya's air defenses. gaddafi's forces are no longer advancing across libya. in places like benghazi, a city of some 700,000 that gaddafi threatened to show "no mercy," his forces have been pushed back. so make no mistake, because we acted quickly, a humanitarian catastrophe has been avoided and the lives of countless civilians -- innocent men women and children -- have been savied. as i pledged at the outset the role of american forces has been limited. we are not putting any ground forces into libya. our military has provided unique capabilities at the beginning, but this is now a broad, international effort. our allies and partners are enforcing the no fly zone over

libya and the arms embargo at sea. key arab partners like qatar and the united arab emirates have committed aircraft. and as agreed this week, responsibility for this operation is being transferred from the united states to our nato allies and partners. this is how the international community should work -- more nations, not just the united states, bearing the responsibility and cost of upholding peace and security. this military effort is part of our larger strategy to support the libyan people and hold the gaddafi regime accountable. together with the international community, we're delivering urgent humanitarian assistance. we're offering support to the libyan opposition. we've frozen tens of billions of dollars of gaddafi's assets that can help meet the needs and aspirations of the libyan people. and every day, the pressure on gaddafi and his regime is increasing. our message is clear and unwavering. gaddafi's attacks against civilians must stop. his forces must pull back. humanitarian assistance must be

allowed to reach those in need. those responsible for violence must be held accountable. muammar gaddafi has lost the confidence of his people and the legitimacy to rule, and the aspirations of the libyan people must be realized. in recent days, we've heard the voices of libyans expressing their gratitude for this mission. "you saved our lives," said one libyan. said another, "today, there is hope." every american can be proud of the lives we've saved in libya and of the service of our men and women in uniform who once again have stood up for our interests and our ideals. and people in libya and around the world are seeing that the united states of america stands with those who hope for a future where they can determine their own destiny. >> hi. i am virginia governor bob mcdonnell appeared before i

begin, i want to thank the brave men and women of our armed services for their selfless service during. virginia is home to many of our nation's most important military installations and we thank these greatest americans for their defense of freedom and liberty we hold dear. like most governors, my top priority for our commonwealth is insuring fiscal responsibility and helping the private sector create good jobs our citizens need. here in estates, we have to balance our budgets. we can not print money. we have strict debt limit so we have to live within our means. we manage our state budgets like you run your family and business budgets. when i took office last year, we faced historic budget deficits of $6 billion your in virginia. we close to those deficits by cutting expendspending, no